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Webster 1913 Edition


Organic

Or-gan′ic

(ôr-găn′ĭk)
,
Adj.
[L.
organicus
, Gr.
ὀργανικός
: cf. F.
organique
.]
1.
(Biol.)
Of or pertaining to an organ or its functions, or to objects composed of organs; consisting of organs, or containing them;
as, the
organic
structure of animals and plants
; exhibiting characters peculiar to living organisms;
as,
organic
bodies,
organic
life,
organic
remains
. Cf.
Inorganic
.
2.
Produced by the organs;
as,
organic
pleasure
.
[R.]
3.
Instrumental; acting as instruments of nature or of art to a certain destined function or end.
[R.]
Those
organic
arts which enable men to discourse and write perspicuously.
Milton.
4.
Forming a whole composed of organs.
Hence:
Of or pertaining to a system of organs; inherent in, or resulting from, a certain organization;
as, an
organic
government; his love of truth was not inculcated, but
organic
.
☞ The principles of organic and inorganic chemistry are identical; but the enormous number and the completeness of related series of organic compounds, together with their remarkable facility of exchange and substitution, offer an illustration of chemical reaction and homology not to be paralleled in inorganic chemistry.
Organic analysis
(Chem.)
,
the analysis of organic compounds, concerned chiefly with the determination of carbon as carbon dioxide, hydrogen as water, oxygen as the difference between the sum of the others and 100 per cent, and nitrogen as free nitrogen, ammonia, or nitric oxide; – formerly called ultimate analysis, in distinction from proximate analysis.
Organic chemistry
.
See under
Chemistry
.
Organic compounds
.
(Chem.)
Chemical substances which are organic{5}. See
Carbon compounds
, under
Carbon
.
Organic description of a curve
(Geom.)
,
the description of a curve on a plane by means of instruments.
Brande & C.
Organic disease
(Med.)
,
a disease attended with morbid changes in the structure of the organs of the body or in the composition of its fluids; – opposed to
functional disease
.
Organic electricity
.
See under
Electricity
.
Organic law
or
Organic laws
,
a law or system of laws, or declaration of principles fundamental to the existence and organization of a political or other association; a constitution.
Organic stricture
(Med.)
,
a contraction of one of the natural passages of the body produced by structural changes in its walls, as distinguished from a
spasmodic stricture
, which is due to muscular contraction.

Webster 1828 Edition


Organic

ORGAN'IC

,

Definition 2024


orgànic

orgànic

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orgànic m (feminine orgànica, masculine plural orgànics, feminine plural orgàniques)

  1. organic